Spirit of Learning The World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education held last month in Melbourne was a big success. The 2011 conference will be hosted by the Quechua Nation of…
read morePrice of Autonomy As part of the vast Indonesian colonial archipelago, West Papua and East Timor have suffered horrendous abuse at the hands of the Indonesian military–a military supported by…
read moreEqual protection under the law is generally considered to fall under the realm of civil rights: protection might vary greatly from country to country, but within each state everybody gets…
read moreA Country Under Lockdown In Fire Inside, Marilyn Krisyl writes about Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka. The Guernica article recounts Krysl’s experience as a volunteer bodyguard for Peace Brigade International…
read moreIf indigenous peoples have the right to exist as equal partners with the rest of humanity, then they have the right to seek resolution of their grievances in international courts…
read moreReinventing Canada Kevin Annett examines the structurally criminal regime of Canada, and proposes a program for ending genocide by decolonizing the state. Reflecting on the successful indictment of the Canadian…
read moreAt this point in the Christian calendar one is supposed to make sage observations about what is likely to occur in the twelve months ahead. This is, of course, the…
read moreEstablished to perpetuate poverty as a system of social control, modern states have, in some circumstances, found it necessary to devolve some of their powers to autonomous regions or ancient…
read morePerpetuating poverty as a system of social control is not a revolutionary concept, but the collision of militarized enforcement of this political system with the movements for self-rule aren’t likely…
read moreFreedom, for First Nations, is an achievement by Fourth World peoples, not a gift bestowed by modern states. The inherent aboriginal human rights — acknowledged in international law through instruments…
read moreThe library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.
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